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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453349203321

Autore

Axford Nick

Titolo

Exploring concepts of child well-being : Implications for children's services / / Nick Axford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4473-0227-3

1-281-79409-0

9786611794095

1-84742-339-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion

Disciplina

362.7

Soggetti

Evaluation research (Social action programs)

Children - Services for - Evaluation

Child welfare - Research

Child welfare - Government policy

Child welfare

Child welfare - England - London

Children - Social conditions - Research

Electronic books.

England London

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Exploring concepts ofchild well-being; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Need; 3. Rights; 4. Poverty; 5. Quality of life; 6. Social exclusion; 7. Relationships between the concepts; 8. Child well-being through different lenses; 9. Relationships between the conditions; 10. Matching conditions and service styles; 11. Developing congruent children's services; 12. Conclusions; Appendix A: Method; Appendix B: Logistic regression; Appendix C: The 60 variables; Appendix D: Additional results; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nick Axford investigates the main approaches to conceptualising child well-being, applies them to the child population using household



survey and agency audit data, then considers the implications for children's services.